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Electrical-Can-7982 t1_jaaqo9e wrote

wow Australia is super serious at keeping their Fosters beer recipie safe as well how to cook shrimp on the barbe...

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Deguilded t1_jaary4a wrote

As an expat Aussie let me assure you we export Fosters because nobody local drinks it.

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biggus_dikkus793 t1_jaauqnz wrote

Beat me to it. Shittiest beer

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stilusmobilus t1_jabmh9s wrote

Fosters was very popular until that ad.

That’s what killed it. The beer actually isn’t that bad.

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parkerthegreatest t1_jaem9fh wrote

What ad . Serious

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stilusmobilus t1_jaemdhn wrote

Shrimp on the barbie

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parkerthegreatest t1_jaeno5d wrote

??

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stilusmobilus t1_jaenul0 wrote

Jesus what more do you want? I cannot give more than this, it’s iconic.

Punch ‘shrimp on the barbie’ into google.

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nagrom7 t1_jaax1dm wrote

As an aussie in a town with a lot of pubs, I have yet to see a pub that actually has fosters on tap. Only a handful even served it at all, and they were in more touristy areas.

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ClammyVagikarp t1_jabhtzv wrote

I did in the early 2000s. Haven't seen them in 20 years. But I'm from the goldie and we gave tourists ask for that shite.

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TERMINATORCPU t1_jabhc2q wrote

Are you inland? It does seem that the coastal (perhaps more touristy cities) had Fosters available.

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nagrom7 t1_jabmvq2 wrote

Nah on the coast in North QLD. There's a handful of pubs around here that have Fosters available in cans/bottles, but none of them have it on tap.

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TERMINATORCPU t1_jabo1u1 wrote

Gotcha. Ages ago I visited SW coastal OZ, and it was the same thing, cans available in pubs, but not on tap.

Also, while on the topic of beer and travel and whatnot, I, as an American cannot believe how many other countries seem to want/ seem to enjoy Budweiser, it is basically the Fosters of America, and I could not be paid to drink it.

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Pik000 t1_jaauvna wrote

It's actually an imported beer. It's brewed in the UK because no one drinks it.

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Deguilded t1_jaaw0l5 wrote

TIL it's so bad nobody local will brew it. ;)

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Rhaski t1_jabe7r2 wrote

Wouldn't be the first time the English sent their unwanted here

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RussianVole t1_jabhxbz wrote

I didn’t even know we still made it. Never seen it in a bottle shop or pub.

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Electrical-Can-7982 t1_jaayjmm wrote

lol ya I got aussie pals... i was just watching a Paul Hogan film when I saw this thread.. and I remembered his funny travel commercials...

ya I tried that beer once... never again... I may end up looking like Donk...

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alexescobarthefirm t1_jaaw5py wrote

Before opening this thread, as an Aussie, I thought to myself "I bet you the first comment in here will be some neck beard trying to be funny with a boring stereotype about Australia" and there we have it.

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yipape t1_jab12i1 wrote

Well at least no one brought up the extremely over hyped and freaking done Emu war for once... Ah crap.

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lame_chimpala t1_jabkceb wrote

It was bound to happen, it's our greatest shame. That and a certain someone doing a certain something at Engadine Maccas in 87.

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ClammyVagikarp t1_jabhxxn wrote

Foreign stereotypes are nice. How many jokes have we made about yanks not having medicare to deal with obesity related illness or gun wounds?

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AsuranGenocide t1_jaay6zu wrote

Not worth making room for these thoughts, we do the same shit to usa

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zeroliger t1_jadewtm wrote

im under the impression that Australians rarely drink fosters and its just something that gets exported to america.

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kristamine14 t1_jaazdwf wrote

No one drinks fosters in Australia

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UltraJake t1_jabk1nf wrote

I'm not convinced anyone drinks Fosters. Their strategy is essentially getting people to buy one because "wow that's a big can of beer" and then never again.

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